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UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42779
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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-42779
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42779.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42779
Upstream
CVE-2021-42779
Published
2022-04-18T17:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:34:29.829907Z
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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Summary
[none]
Details
A heap use after free issue was found in Opensc before version 0.22.0 in sc
file
valid.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-42779
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42779
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42779
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
/
opensc
Package
Name
opensc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/opensc@0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
0.*
0.15.0-1ubuntu1
0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm1
0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm2
0.15.0-1ubuntu1+esm3
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
/
opensc
Package
Name
opensc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/opensc@0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
0.*
0.17.0-1
0.17.0-2
0.17.0-2build1
0.17.0-3
0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
0.17.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm3
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
/
opensc
Package
Name
opensc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/opensc@0.20.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
0.*
0.19.0-2
0.20.0-1
0.20.0-2
0.20.0-3
0.20.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
0.20.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
0.20.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm3
0.20.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm4
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42779 - OSV